Alina Brodzka Forest

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Alina Brodzka-Wald (born November 11, 1929 in Warsaw ; † March 19, 2011 ibid) was a Polish literary historian and professor at the Instytut Badań Literackich PAN .

Life

Brodzka-Wald was born on November 11, 1929 to a family of Jewish origin . Her family managed to survive the German occupation of Poland . After the Second World War , she attended high school in Łódź and then the University of Łódź . In 1949 she published her first scientific article in the journal Polonistyka (Polonistik).

In 1950 she returned to her hometown and started working at Instytut Badań Literackich PAN , where she worked until her death. In 1952 she received her Magister and her doctorate in 1960 with a thesis on the novellas by Maria Konopnicka . In 1966 she completed her habilitation with the work O kryteriach realizmu w badaniach literackich (On the criteria of realism in literary studies). In 1989 she became a professor .

From 1979 to 1992 she was the editor of the Słownika literatury polskiej XX wieku (Dictionary of Polish Literature of the 20th Century).

From 2006 to 2008 she was a member of the jury for the Gdynia Literature Prize .

In 2011 she died after a long illness.

Publications (selection)

  • Maria Konopnicka , 1951
  • Pojęcie realizmu w powieści XIX i XX wieku , 1964
  • O kryteriach realizmu w badaniach literackich , 1967
  • Literatura polska 1918 , 1991

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personal data
SURNAME Brodzka Forest, Alina
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish literary historian and professor
DATE OF BIRTH November 11, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Warsaw
DATE OF DEATH March 19, 2011
Place of death Warsaw